"poor man's" Porsche...a RANT.

[BIGJake111]

I have to say, these are chicks cars.

I impress way more girls with my car than men. What a shame.

(Speaking of which as of today my girlfriend is unmotivatedly in the market for a 986!)

[Giller]

Interesting....for all the posts and views - very few actual examples where anyone has insulted our cars. We all seem to be worried that it's happening - but in reality, it appears it's mostly in our heads.

We just need to relax and enjoy our cars and not be so worried what others might think.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Giller

Interesting....for all the posts and views - very few actual examples where anyone has insulted our cars.

Car enthusiasts rarely hold back their opinions. Here are a few direct quotes about the Boxster said to my face;

"Oh, that's a girls car"
"A Boxster? You should have bought a 911"
"An overpriced Miata"
"He races a Boxster" to a group of 911 racers
"I will never race another hair dressers car" said by another Boxster racer

But as I said, the comments about the 996 were even worse;

"You bought a 996? Are you fudking crazy?"
"The 996 is a complete piece of crap. Oh, is that the car you just bought? ... Sorry dude."
"The 996 is what ruined Porsche"
"You need to sell the 996 and either get a 997 or an air cooled 911."

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by thstone

Car enthusiasts rarely hold back their opinions. Here are a few direct quotes about the Boxster said to my face;

"Oh, that's a girls car"
"A Boxster? You should have bought a 911"
"An overpriced Miata"
"He races a Boxster" to a group of 911 racers
"I will never race another hair dressers car" said by another Boxster racer

But as I said, the comments about the 996 were even worse;

"You bought a 996? Are you fudking crazy?"
"The 996 is a complete piece of crap. Oh, is that the car you just bought? ... Sorry dude."
"The 996 is what ruined Porsche"
"You need to sell the 996 and either get a 997 or an air cooled 911."

That made laugh.


Best comment I received:

I was traveling top down on the highway one summer after recently installing the GT3 seats. Traffic came to a standstill. An African American man in his 40s in sunglasses and a hat pulls up next to me in a nice sedan.
He looks over at me, checks out the car and says:

"Oh f***ing hell yeah! Now that's what I'm mother f****ing talkin' about!! ..... F**** yeah."

No one has come close to topping that, either for or against.

[DWBOX2000]

My wife was at the hospital yesterday sitting in the waiting room. Slim pickings for reading so she picked up a magazine on cars. Big article on Limerock. As far as cars to drive on the track, it said there are so many Boxsters, it should be the park mascot. Must be a lot of hair dressers racing now. What does hair dressers car even mean? I've gotten a bit of snobbery from some old 911 guys but other than that, people always compliment the car. A lot want to borrow actually. Be proud, they are the car that helped save Porsche and obviously with all the folks racing them, they must be pretty capable cars. Porsches current "giant killer".

[imon_2nd]

"What does hair dressers car even mean?"

The expression was explained to me by my British cousin, who was driving a Jag XJS at the time. He said many hair dressers in the UK are Gay, so the expression is a slur by homophobic types. According to my cousin, prior to the Boxster, the ultimate "hair dresser's car" was the Triumph Spitfire, something no "Real Man" would drive. Total nonsense.

[GaryMulcahey]

A buddy of mine saw my car. He gave me the "you bought a hairdresser's car?". I had to say I did. I bought my car from a hairdresser. Really did.
Anyway, I have never bought a car for someone else's approval.

G

[Giller]